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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

You might want to read the actual article rather than a summary of the article. Here's how this genius researcher determined "white nationalist beliefs"

Respondents were asked how important their race was to their identity on a five-point scale ranging from “not at all important” to “extremely important.” They were also asked a question measuring their feelings of white solidarity: “How important is it that whites work together to change laws that are unfair to whites?” This followed the same five-point scale. Finally, we can assess survey respondents’ feelings of white victimization from their answers to the question of how much discrimination whites face in the U.S., also on a five-point scale, ranging from “none at all” to a “great deal.”

So instead of asking any political question or anything indicating actual white nationalist belief, this survey is instead making that assumption from 3 questions. Um... no.

Additionally, the number is 5.64%, which you'd have known had you read the source article. The percentage was mistaken, not the number. Even accepting this absurd method as a true upper limit, that means you're capped at best in ideal circumstances at about 11 million people. You hardly have "tens of millions". And I'm pretty sure asking people vague undirected questions like that without any instrumentation validity checking to guarantee strong correlation between ideology and these attitudes is not a valid way to measure anything.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Someone that scores high on all 3 questions is fairly described as a white nationalist or identitarian. That's how they'll be treated by the establishment and society, at least. And originally, Hawley was claiming that over 20 million white Americans had these views. It was only after a few days of pressure that he went back and claimed he made an error in the calculation. But the loss in Trump's polling gap among white voters vs 2016 is consistent with Hawley's original numbers.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Did... you even read my reply? 5.64% of the estimated number is 11 million. The error was in the percentage. And, no, it doesn't. Because I agree with all 3 questions and I am not a white nationalist. The questions are vague and over-exaggerating the scope for people like you. Even so for the sake of argument I can accept it as an absolute extreme upper-limit of your possible numbers and that gives us... 5.64%. You're an adorable minority.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Originally he claimed about 11% or 23 milllion, and then he cut that in half for his revision. You can't have a percentage error without a number error, they're directly proportional.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

...It's a percentage error of the adult population of the USA. Read the original article. Jesus Christ this is embarrassing for you. The original mistake was 12% of the adult population, when it was actually supposed to be 5.64% of the adult population. Resulting in 11 million. The original number was correct, the percentage of the adult population was not.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The original number was 20+ million, Vox notes that they updated their title and piece with the new number. I remember when all of this happened, it's deliberately confusing.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Jesus Christ can you pay attention? The error was the percentage, I even linked the original article. The number was not mistaken, the percentage was. What the hell is wrong with you?

Since you keep refusing to read the article:

"Editor’s note: A data error by the author of the study cited here inflated the percentage of non-Hispanic white Americans with alt-right compatible views up to 12 percent. The actual figure is 5.64 percent. All numbers in the piece and headline have been updated to reflect the correct figures. "

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Your reading comprehension could use some work. "All numbers" includes 11 million. You can look for the original version on one of the archive sites if you're curious.

E: here you go